_Of prudence in our actions._
WE must not give ear to every saying or suggestion, but warily and
leisurely ponder things according to the will of God.
But alas! such is our weakness, that we often more easily believe and
speak evil of others than good.
Good men do not easily give credit to every thing one tells them;
because they know human frailty is prone to evil, and very subject to
fail in words.
2. It is great wisdom not to be rash in thy proceedings, nor to stand
stifly in thine own opinion.
It is wisdom not to believe every thing which thou hearest, nor
presently to relate again to others what thou hast heard, or dost
believe.
Consult with a wise and conscientious man, and seek to be instructed
by a better than thyself, rather than to follow thine own inventions.
*A good life maketh a man wise according to God, and giveth him
experience in many things.
The humbler one is, and more resigned unto God, the more prudent and
contented shall he be in all things.